2022-2023學(xué)年四川省南充市陳壽中學(xué)高二英語(yǔ)上學(xué)期期末試卷含解析

1、2022-2023學(xué)年四川省南充市陳壽中學(xué)高二英語(yǔ)上學(xué)期期末試卷含解析一、 選擇題1. He found the book is worth _ again. A. being read B. be read C. to be read D. reading 參考答案：D20. We are grateful _ you_ the help you have given us.A. for; to B. to;for C. for;for D.to;to參考答案：B略3. -Each of the students，working hard at his other lessons，_to g

2、o to university-So do IA. hope B. hopes C. hoping D. hoped 參考答案：B 解析：認(rèn)真分析語(yǔ)境和句子結(jié)構(gòu)，working hard at his other lessons為插入語(yǔ)，如果將其去掉，不難發(fā)現(xiàn)該空應(yīng)填謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞形式hopes。4. After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope _.A. providing B. providedC. having provided D. provide參考答案：B考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的用法。此

3、處動(dòng)詞provide與其邏輯主語(yǔ)envelope之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，在句中作定語(yǔ)，相當(dāng)于which is provided。句意：完成并簽名后，請(qǐng)把表格放入我們提供的信封內(nèi)送回。5. The scientist, who successfully cloned a human embryo, proudly presented his new achievement to the related organization, only _ against this research. A. being warned B. warned C. having been warned D. to be w

4、arned 參考答案：D6. Is _ necessary to complete the design before National Day? A. this B. that C. it D. he參考答案：C7. Welcome, everyone! Maria, _ tell us a little about the Venice Film Festival. A. do B. does C. to do D. doing參考答案：A略8. Is this the reason at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?A. he

5、 explainedB. what he explainedC. how he explainedD. why he explained參考答案：A9. I am _ talking to you. You never listen to me. A. ignorant of B. tired from C. bored of D. fed up with參考答案：D10. Chinas oil price _ very sharp increase during the year 2010 and it is continuing to rise further in 2011.A. obs

6、erved B. witnessed C. proved D. supplied參考答案：B略11. - Dad, I have won the first prize in the English competition. - Congratulations! and get prepared for studying abroad.A. All the best.B. Keep it upC. Never mind.D. Take it easy.參考答案：B12. _ you write so well?By reading and keeping diaries every day.A

7、. How is it B. What is it C. How is it that D. What is it that參考答案：C13. Books are a worthy invention of human history since they make it possible for us to make a_of humans thoughts.A. plan B. sign C. point D. record參考答案：D14. With so many enthusiastic teachers _ us, we believe well _ to our favorite

8、 colleges.A. teach; be admittedB. to teach; admitC. teaching; be admittingD. teaching; be admitted參考答案：D15. A young woman was found dead in her own apartment and the police _ murder. A. charged B. doubted C. suspected D. accused參考答案：C二、 完型填空16. Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shared a Nobel

9、Prize for her research on telomeres (端粒)structures at the tips of chromosomes (染色體）that play a key role in cellular aging. _31_ she was frustrated that the important health implications of her work werent reaching beyond academia.So along with psychologist Elissa Epel, she has published her findings

10、 in a new book _32_ a general audience - laying out a scientific case that may give readers_33_ to keep their new years resolutions to not smoke, eat well, sleep enough, exercise regularly，and _34_stress.The main message of The Telomere Effect, being published Tuesday, is that you have more control

11、over your own aging than you may imagine. You can actually _35_ your telomeresand perhaps your lifeby following sound health advice, the authors argue, based on a review of thousands of studies.“Telomeres listen to you, they listen to your _36_，they listen to your state of mind，” said Blackburn, pre

12、sident of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolia, Calif.Telomeres sit at the end of the strands of DNA, like the _37_ caps on shoelaces. Stress from a rough lifestyle will shorten those caps, making it more likely that cells will _38_ dividing and essentially die.Too many of these cel

13、ls accelerate_39_，the pair say. This doesnt cause any particular disease, but research suggests that it speeds up the time when whatever your genes have in store will occur - so if youre _40_ to heart disease，youre more likely to get it younger if your telomeres are shorter, said Epel, director of t

14、he University of California, San Franciscos Aging, Metabolism and Emotions Center.“We can provide a new level of specificity and tell people more precisely with clues _41_from telomere science about what exactly _42_ is related to long telomeres, what exact foods are related to long telomeres, what

15、aspects of sleep are more related to long telomeres,” Epel added.Other researchers in the field praised Blackburn and Epels efforts to make telomere research relevant to the general public, _43_ several warned that it risked _44_ the science.“I think its a very difficult thing to prove that lifestyl

16、e can affect telomere length and therefore lifespan,”said Harvard geneticist and anti-aging researcher David Sinclair. “To get cause-effect in humans is _45_，so its based on associations.”31. A. HenceB. FurthermoreC. ButD. And32. A. referred toB. addressed toC. aimed atD. informed of33. A. implicati

17、onB. warningC. appealingD. motivation34. A. cut down onB. contribute toC. lay emphasis onD. add to35. A. enhanceB. lengthenC. shortenD. simplify36. A. extinctionB. behaviorsC. instinctsD. attitudes37. A. influentialB. inevitableC. progressiveD. protective38. A. initiateB. neglectC. ceaseD. maintain3

18、9. A. human healthB. human agingC. human resolutionD. psychological stress40. A. relevantB. sensitiveC. reluctantD. dedicated41. A. emergingB. sufferingC. profitingD. suspending42. A. illnessB. geneC. smokingD. exercise43. A. thoughB. becauseC. soD. or44. A. overestimatingB. oversimplifyingC. undere

19、stimatingD. over-viewing45. A. impropriateB. impossibleC. irrelevantD. imaginary參考答案：31. C 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. B 37. D 38. C 39. B 40. B 41. A 42. D 43. A 44. B 45. B這是一篇說(shuō)明文。分子生物學(xué)家伊麗莎白布萊克本(Elizabeth Blackburn)因?qū)Χ肆Ｈ旧w末端的結(jié)構(gòu)，在細(xì)胞衰老過(guò)程中起著關(guān)鍵作用的研究而分享了諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)。但她感到沮喪的是，她的工作對(duì)健康的重要影響并沒(méi)有超出學(xué)術(shù)界。因此，她和心理學(xué)家埃莉薩埃佩

20、爾(Elissa Epel)一起，在一本針對(duì)普通讀者的新書中發(fā)表了自己的發(fā)現(xiàn)?！?1題詳解】考查連詞辨析。句意：但令她沮喪的是，她的工作對(duì)健康的重要影響并沒(méi)有超出學(xué)術(shù)界。A. Hence因此；B. Furthermore此外；C. But但是；D. And和。根據(jù)上文Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shared a Nobel Prize for her research on telomeres可知，此處與下文構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，應(yīng)使用轉(zhuǎn)折連詞。故C選項(xiàng)正確?！?2題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。句意：因此，她和心理學(xué)家埃莉薩埃佩爾在一本針對(duì)普通讀者的新書

21、中發(fā)表了自己的發(fā)現(xiàn)。A. referred to提及；B. addressed to寫信給；C. aimed at針對(duì)；D. informed of通知。根據(jù)句意可知，此處指“針對(duì)普通讀者”。故C選項(xiàng)正確。【33題詳解】考查名詞辨析。句意：列出一個(gè)科學(xué)案例，可能會(huì)給讀者動(dòng)力，讓他們保持不吸煙、吃得好、睡得好、經(jīng)常鍛煉的新年決心。A. implication含義；B. warning警告；C. appealing吸引；D. motivation動(dòng)力。故D選項(xiàng)正確?！?4題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。句意：列出一個(gè)科學(xué)案例，可能會(huì)給讀者動(dòng)力，讓他們保持不吸煙、吃得好、睡得好、經(jīng)常鍛煉、減少壓力的新年決

22、心。A. cut down on減少；B. contribute to有助于；C. lay emphasis on重視；D. add to添加。根據(jù)空前列舉的例子可知，此處指“減少壓力”。故A選項(xiàng)正確?！?5題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：根據(jù)對(duì)數(shù)千項(xiàng)研究的回顧，作者認(rèn)為，遵循健康建議實(shí)際上可以延長(zhǎng)你的端粒長(zhǎng)度，甚至延長(zhǎng)你的壽命。A. enhance增強(qiáng)；B. lengthen延長(zhǎng)；C. shorten縮短；D. simplify簡(jiǎn)化。根據(jù)上文The main message of The Telomere Effect, being published Tuesday, is that you

23、have more control over your own aging than you may imagine.可知，你可以延長(zhǎng)你的端粒長(zhǎng)度。故B選項(xiàng)正確?！?6題詳解】考查名詞辨析。句意：端粒聽(tīng)你說(shuō)話，它們聽(tīng)你的行為，它們聽(tīng)你的思想狀態(tài)。A. extinction滅絕；B. behaviors行為；C. instincts本能；D. attitudes態(tài)度。根據(jù)上文You can actually _5_ your telomeresand perhaps your lifeby following sound health advice,可知，此處指“你的行為”。故B選項(xiàng)正確?！?7

24、題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。句意：端粒位于DNA鏈的末端，就像鞋帶上的保護(hù)帽。A. influential有影響的；B. inevitable不可避免的；C. progressive進(jìn)步的；D. protective防護(hù)的。根據(jù)下文Stress from a rough lifestyle will shorten those caps, making it more likely that cells will _8_ dividing and essentially die.可知，此處指“保護(hù)帽”。故D選項(xiàng)正確?！?8題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：粗獷的生活方式帶來(lái)的壓力會(huì)縮短這些細(xì)胞帽，使其更

25、有可能停止分裂并最終死亡。A. initiate啟動(dòng)；B. neglect忽視；C. cease停止；D. maintain維護(hù)。根據(jù)essentially die可知，此處指這些細(xì)胞帽更有可能停止分裂。故C選項(xiàng)正確。【39題詳解】考查名詞短語(yǔ)辨析。句意：這兩人說(shuō)，這些細(xì)胞太多會(huì)加速人類衰老。A. human health人類健康；B. human aging人類的衰老；C. human resolution人的分辨力；D. psychological stress心理壓力。根據(jù)下文This doesnt cause any particular disease, but research s

26、uggests that it speeds up the time when whatever your genes have in store will occur可知，此處指加速人類衰老。故B選項(xiàng)正確?！?0題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。句意：因此，如果你對(duì)心臟病很敏感，端粒越短，你就越有可能患上心臟病。A. relevant相關(guān)的；B. sensitive敏感的；C. reluctant不情愿的；D. dedicated專用的。根據(jù)youre more likely to get it younger if your telomeres are shorter可知，此處指對(duì)心臟病敏感。故B選

27、項(xiàng)正確?！?1題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞（短語(yǔ)）辨析。句意：我們可以提供一個(gè)新的水平的特異性，并告訴人們更準(zhǔn)確的線索來(lái)自端粒科學(xué)。A. emerging from從顯露出來(lái)；B. suffering from遭受；C. profiting from從受益；D. suspending from從懸吊下來(lái)。根據(jù)句意可知，此處指來(lái)自于端?？茖W(xué)。故A選項(xiàng)正確?！?2題詳解】考查名詞辨析。句意：到底是什么運(yùn)動(dòng)與端粒有關(guān)，什么食物與端粒有關(guān)，睡眠的哪些方面與端粒更有關(guān)。A. illness疾??；B. gene基因；C. smoking吸煙；D. exercise運(yùn)動(dòng)。根據(jù)下文what exact foodswhat

28、 aspects of sleep可知，此處指運(yùn)動(dòng)。故D選項(xiàng)正確?！?3題詳解】考查連詞辨析。句意：該領(lǐng)域的其他研究人員贊揚(yáng)了布萊克本和埃佩爾使端粒研究與普通大眾相關(guān)的努力，盡管一些人警告說(shuō)這可能會(huì)使科學(xué)過(guò)于簡(jiǎn)單化。A. though盡管；B. because因?yàn)椋籆. so所以；D. or或者，否則。根據(jù)句意可知，此是讓步狀語(yǔ)從句。故A選項(xiàng)正確?！?4題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：該領(lǐng)域的其他研究人員贊揚(yáng)了布萊克本和埃佩爾使端粒研究與普通大眾相關(guān)的努力，盡管一些人警告說(shuō)這可能會(huì)使科學(xué)過(guò)于簡(jiǎn)單化。A. overestimating高估；B. oversimplifying簡(jiǎn)單化；C. under

29、estimating低估；D. over-viewing綜述。根據(jù)上文about what exactly _12_ is related to long telomeres, what exact foods are related to long telomeres, what aspects of sleep are more related to long telomeres可知，此處指一些人警告說(shuō)這可能會(huì)使科學(xué)過(guò)于簡(jiǎn)單化。故B選項(xiàng)正確?！?5題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。句意：在人類身上獲得因果關(guān)系是不可能的，所以它是建立在聯(lián)系的基礎(chǔ)上的。A. impropriate以此方式移交的；B.

30、impossible不可能的；C. irrelevant無(wú)關(guān)緊要的；D. imaginary虛構(gòu)的。根據(jù)上文I think its a very difficult thing to prove that lifestyle can affect telomere length and therefore lifespan,可知，哈佛大學(xué)遺傳學(xué)家、抗衰老研究員戴維辛克萊認(rèn)為在人類身上獲得因果關(guān)系是不可能的。故B選項(xiàng)正確。三、 閱讀理解17. Londoners are great readers. They read and buy vast numbers of newspapers and

31、 magazines and of books especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound(裝訂) between hard covers.There are many streets in London containing shops whi

32、ch specialize in bookselling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of (自夸) being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem

33、to have been left over from Dickens time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of books, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop

34、 in this area specializes only in books about ballet!Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collectors must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the Eas

35、t Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small handcarts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, oc

36、casionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.24. “Londoners are great readers.” means that _.A. Londoners are great because they read a lotB. There are a great number of readers in LondonC. Londoners are readers who read only great booksD. Londoners read a lot25. Acco

37、rding to this passage, Charring Cross Road _.A. is in the suburbs of LondonB. is famous for its bookshopsC. contains various kinds of shopsD. is the busiest street in London26. In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean?A. move away from a busy street. B. buy

38、books in a most busy street.C. waste time looking for books.D. take a risk of losing ones life.27. On Farringdon Road, _.A. you can find fine books for the latest booksB. there are only small bookshops for the secondhand booksC. you can see booksellers selling books on handcartsD. the same books as

39、the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are sold 參考答案：24-27 DBAC 18. Soon after you have your first child, the question of having a second one is raised by friends and family. However, as the pattern of having two children in a family is challenged by modern family units, there are a few re

40、asons why it is not selfish to want only one child. Today, the role of women has changed a lot. But nowadays, a wife has to help her husband earn the bread and butter as well as well as looking after her family. In demanding times like these, a woman has to put in more physical and emotional effort

41、than any other member of the family. Raising a child comes at a cost that remains only heard of, until you find yourself paying it. The good reality of double income with no kids suddenly comes crashing down when there is a child involved in the picture. When one parent (the mother) needs to take so

42、me time off to look after the newborn, only one person becomes the earning member. Of course, the expenses went up rapidly. According to Susan Newman, PhD, a social psychologist, the average cost of raising a child is $227,000 from birth to college.Most young mothers also think that having one child would mean that there is more income for the child, and thus, better facilities can be provided. It is much easier to educate a single child at a good school, and give him/her bett